Dropsie College Honors Memory of Oscar Straus

(Jewish Daily Bulletin)

The Fellowship in history at the Dropsie College will be named the Oscar S. Straus Fellowship in memory of the late American Jewish statesman, according to a decision taken at the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the College.

It was also decided to name the Fellowship in the Biblical Department the Mayer Sulzberger Fellowship; and in the Department of Cognate Languages the Elizabeth A. Lazarus Fellowship.

The Governors approved, upon the recommendation of the Faculty, the conferring of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy upon Eleazer L. Sukenik, whose thesis is on the subject “The Ancient Synagogues in Palestine.” Doctor Sukenik is a Palestinian scholar who held a Fellowship during the past year at Dropsie College. He is returning to Palestine and through a fund contributed through the College, Mr. Sukenik will continue his excavations in the so-called third wall in Jerusalem under the general direction of the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society.

David Bethlachmy. B.A., was reappointed a Fellow in the Biblical Department. Joseph Levitsky, B.S. (Temple), was reappointed a Fellow in the Rabbinical Department. New Fellowships were appointed as follows: David Gordis, B.A., Fellow in the Biblical Department, Zvi Cohen. Lodz Gymnasium, Fellow in the Rabbinical Department, Baruch Weitzel, Lida Gymnasium, Fellow in the Department of Cognate Languages. Julius L. Siegel (Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Fellow in the Historical Department.

Doctor Adler reported that during the year 65 students attended the College of whom 46 were men and 19 women. Of these 33 were in the post-graduate courses and 32 in the under graduate courses.

Samuel Untermyer transferred all his realty holdings in Yonkers to his three children, Irwin and Alvin Untermyer and Mrs. Stanley Richter. The property is estimated to be worth $1,000,000.